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Puma’s and Travelgate

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Isn’t it funny how the politicians get themselves in a knot because convicted killer, Van Schalkwyk, was included in the Puma’s team when most of those same politicians are convicted criminals themselves!

If they weren’t blowing up innocent people in the name of the struggle back in the day, they have been involved in some dodgy things now - like the travelgate saga for one!

Now it appears that the government is going to stop all pending actions against those found guilty in the Travelgate scandal and that they also agreed to pay the legal costs incurred by MPs who challenged their alleged debts in court.

According to Friday’s Gazette, the Bathong creditors would meet on May 23 to adopt the following resolutions:

# “That the liquidators are hereby directed not to pursue any action as against the various members of Parliament in relation to the un-invoiced tickets, levies and/or services.”

# “That the liquidators are hereby directed to cease all other litigation as against the members of Parliament in relation to all ‘vouchers’ that may have been utilised by Bathong Travel (Pty) Ltd or its directors or shareholders.”

So it seems that the government is now going to cover up the crimes of the guilty parliamentarians and pretty much use its power to thwart any prosecutions. This is the most ‘in your face’ thing I have ever seen this corrupt government doing. How can they justify protecting and AIDING criminals??? How can they get away with it???

I am outraged at this and so should you be!

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Mysterious place in SA

Monday, July 16th, 2007

This weekend I discovered an amazing thing. There is a place in south Africa where the laws of physics seem to not be applicable.

If you go to this certain spot, put your car in neutral and wait, it will start rolling UP hill! If you don’t believe me go and check it out yourself. Here is the address:

Oregon VortexJohannesburg; Lombardy East, Modderfontein Road c/o Curie Road. When entering Lombardy East from the east (i.e. Edenvale) end, a car left in neutral, rolls towards oncoming (Eastbound) traffic.

After doing some research, I discovered that there are many of these places around the world. One of the most famous is called the Oregon Vortex, found in Oregon, USA.

Just outside of Gold Hill in Oregon, you will find a roadside attraction named the Oregon Vortex. Here, you can witness objects seemingly roll uphill or balance at odd angles. The attraction’s proprietors claim that it is the result of paranormal properties in the area. Sceptics claim that it is merely an optical illusion.
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Durban/Jhb High Speed Train

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

hstrain.jpgDid you guys hear that the KZN government wants to build a high speed train between Durban and Johannesburg! How cool is that?!

It really is about time that South Africa did something positive about its transport infrastructure. The trains have sucked for years and in many cases you risk life and limb by going on one of them! Road infrastructure just seems to be getting worse, with potholes all over the show. Flying is becoming better - if you can put up with the commute to the airport, crowded airports, delays etc. As for buses, they seem to be going the way of the trains these days!

We always talk about developing South Africa etc but we don’t really see it. Recently it seems as though the KZN government may be heading along the right track. They are building the new airport which should be waaay better than the old one, there are plans to redevelop the waterfront (OK yes these plans have been there since I was a kid!) and now the high speed train. they seem to realise that a better transport infrastructure will bring the much needed jobs etc to the province.
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